Sterling K. Brown on How 'This Is Us' Tackles Being Black in America | Close Up With THR

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Sterling K. Brown ('This Is Us') joins The Hollywood Reporter for this season's Drama Actor Roundtable. In this episode of Close Up he explains the unique and purposeful approach the show took:
"A successful black man, married with two children, who's happy and succeeding in life, but still has to deal with the fact that life is not the same."
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[@СашаС-ъ9г]

Sterling K. Brown is sooo handsome and articulate.

[@mariasharp815]

His voice is goals.

[@nefsa84]

He sounds like he reads 139939584903085 books a day

[@charlie5115]

Can't wait for the full roundtable to come out in about 2 years..

[@brittsade3713]

Charlotte omg lol

[@jarelllevingston7882]

Trump will be impeached before these are released.

[@reubybenson8653]

Exactly. I'm tired of seeing these clips. Smh

[@utibeate]

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[@vibhavasudevan4106]

+Utibe Ate thank you dear

[@verashepard763]

I love everything about Sterling K. Brown.

[@fleaflicker1451]

NO I DO!! 😁

[@CulinaryGuide]

He played Chris Darden so well. He humanized a man who had been so villified. Love him.

[@Ilovemusic19582]

He should read for audiobooks.

[@lucamolta]

his cadence is him the writers have totally written for that cadence.

[@drennyvision6141]

Interviewer making the MmmMmm noises every 4 seconds is driving me crazy.

[@marshacreary9771]

I never watched the trial. As far as I'm concerned, he humanized Chris Darden and the backstory allowed me to see the parallel stories acting in the perimeter of that situation quite clearly. Based on who he married, the residuals of that relationship with Marcia Clarke remained with Chris Darden long after the trial and the public scrutiny ended

[@jackielendel1530]

He’s amazing. And omg he seems so different from Randall. And I don’t think it’s because the glasses

[@NickyM_0]

Believe me he is the SAME in lots of aspects! He has to be just by definition of being a Black man.

[@meljoy242]

I couldn’t watch this whole thing because of the moderator “Mmmmhmmmm”

[@fleaflicker1451]

This man!!!!🥰

[@trishnorkett5387]

I agree, the moderator was annoying and came across as condescending.

[@atxfinest20]

Why is that white Hollywood journalist always seem to want to talk to black people about Race. It's like when they see us all the see is our race and they don't think we are more than that.

[@kandb4life]

I loved NYPD Blue. I knew I loved this man.

[@ladonnawashington1643]

Interviewer/Moderator was VERY VERY annoying and distracting. I'll bet he said so to his wife when he got home. I hope these comments from the watchers will help her to stop OR perhaps they could find another person. He is wonderfully wonderful, isn't he?!?

[@Dangerops69]

Mhmm uhuh

[@wifi2166]

could do without the hm uh huh

[@gabriellehenry526]

MMMHMM!

[@stephenmurphy007]

The interviewer is so annoying, she's ruined this video with the constant 'mmm mmm' as the actors are speaking.

[@jameswikan]

LOL I was thinking the SAME thing!

[@angiespurs5773]

Stephen Murphy Yes! It came across as condescending.

[@broudwauy]

Recognition of listening and understanding is one of the keys in good interviewing.

[@nellyrimuri4585]

I kind of like it. It makes someone know that they are not just being listened to but also being heard. Plus her questions are great.

[@gracecunningham7873]

I totally agree! I know the interviewer doing it to show active listening and all of that, but it was not working. That is inappropriate for that setting, because she turned the whole roundtable discussion into a one on one conversation by always drawing the attention back to herself. And the tone of the mhmm made it sound like she was subtly trying to get him to wrap up his point when he was in the middle of talking.

[@fightermma]

Don't be duped. They emasculate the perception of what a black man is by making the guy's dad gay (i.e what they refer to as bi in the show). Also their are other underhanded racist moments like when Sterlings character gets high off mushrooms and Sees Milos character. Milo calls Sterling "son" which young and old white men use to refer to older or young blacks back when blacks had less rights or they use the term "boy". Other instances of this covert racism are when Sterlings characters wife says she'll bake some weed brownies. This is a stereo type that all blacks are into weed. One of the really blatant forms of racism in the show is when Sterlings character mimicks a stereotypical Asian using a stereotypical accent.

[@aydicee]

I bet ur shoulders were hurting from all that reaching u did when u came up with this comment. 😑

[@mrsbarneyfife4687]

His face especially his lips always look chapped and ashy. Ugh

[@SJ-qf2tz]

the struggle with dry skin is real as a black person :).